Fruits

EDP Sciences · France

ISSN0248-1294

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.143

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.459

Total Worksi

1,900

Total Citationsi

16,413

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Fruits is a scientific journal covering original articles and reviews on fruit crops in temperate, Mediterranean, subtropical, and tropical regions. It addresses subjects including agronomy, physiology, genetics, crop protection, postharvest storage, product processing, and marketing, with current priorities in cultivation and crop research.

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General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications1,900

Publisher OrgEDP Sciences

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

EDP Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0248-1294

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

325

2017

417

2018

187

2019

168

2020

116

2021

2022

2023

2024

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ4

Food ScienceQ4

HorticultureQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceFood ScienceHorticulture

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Banana Cultivation and ResearchPlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesHorticultural and Viticultural Research

Frequently asked questions about Fruits

Is Fruits a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Fruits: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Fruits?

Fruits is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.143.

Is Fruits indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Fruits is indexed in Scopus.